Skin Care Blog

Layering skin care products with dimethicone - or any combination of ingredients - is important to the results you get from your skin care routine. Your carefully considered individual skin care products are...

How to layer tretinoin is such a frequently asked question that I'm going to address it today. I received this excellent question from a reader and I wanted to make it into a blog post. It takes a village! ...

Dry and Oily Dehydrated Skin Explained Dear Dr. Bailey, What is the difference between dry and dehydrated? A lot of skin care lines carry different products for dry skin and so-called dehydrated skin. Can t...

What are milia and what causes them? It's a common question in my dermatology office - because milia are common. You can get milia at any age, though they become a more common skin problem as you get older. ...

Dermatologist's natural health advice for your skin was rarely discussed in exam room when you saw your dermatologist. It is becoming a more common topic in recent years, partly because we are finally learni...

Are gluten-free skin care products necessary if you are gluten sensitive - like I am? If you are trying hard to cut gluten out of your diet, can you absorb it through your skin care products? This is an imp...

Similar to the PCA Serum that your skin loves, my Luminous Serum has glycerin and hyaluronic acid. The Instantly Luminous Serum is non-comedogenic and ideal for acne prone skin. Salicylic Acid is not as helpful as AHAs to exfoliate and change the stratum corneum. Salicylic Acid is great at getting through oil and is a great help for keeping pores clean.

Hi Dr. Bailey, I have scaly, puffy eyelids and I use tretinoin. I've read your posts on Retin-A and have had a question about a specific severe dry eye problem I encounter when using my Renova.  In fact, it ...

I was asked by a blog reader if I prescribe tretinoin (Retin-A) to treat one of the most common aging skin problems on the chest - deep vertical wrinkles. In this area, skin is often also covered with red an...

How often should you reapply mineral zinc oxide sunscreen? Do you know? You hear that you need to reapply sunscreen every 2 hours. Does that apply to ALL sunscreens? You also have heard that mineral sunscre...

A reader recently asked me "does mineral makeup really protect your skin from the sun?" Mineral particles can block UV rays. Some mineral makeup powders actually are labeled with an SPF and call themselves ...

These great questions about how to tame chemo curls and improve scars after breast cancer treatment came in from reader Isabelle as a comment on my post celebrating my first day back at work after "The Breas...